Word: aptness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...power been passed to a new generation that defines the world in terms of post-cold-war economic realities. The John Kennedy parallel is inescapable -- how vividly his sporting vitality contrasted with the solemn visages of Harold Macmillan, Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer. Once again it seems apt to recall William Wordsworth's lines in thrall of the French Revolution: "Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, / But to be young was very Heaven...
WITH PROBABLY MORE STUDENT THEATER between them than most Harvard undergraduates, and Larry O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin considering careers in drama or related fields (Mark O'Keefe plans to go to Russia to do entrepreneurial work), one is apt to wonder what aspect of drama draws them together...
...raised to be charming, not sincere," says Cinderella's Prince to the Baker's Wife. It is an apt description of this production of Into the Woods, Stephen Sondheim's musical valentine to the Grimm Brothers' fairy tales. The competent cast does a good job with the funnier first act. But especially in the inherently weaker second act, the actors too often seem lost in pro forma direction and overwhelmed by the pit orchestra from hell. There are saving graces--the well designed set and scene-stealing cow are two examples--but John Weinstein's production of Into the Woods...
...their activism, the Clintons are apt to play a surprisingly modest role as national tastemakers. They are far more likely to reflect baby-boomer trends than to shape them. Sure, there are fearless forecasts from marketing gurus. "Elvis memorabilia is going to go up to a whole new level," predicts Brad Edmondson, the editor in chief of American Demographics. "Remember Ronald Reagan and jelly beans. Jimmy Carter and peanuts." He may be right; too bad Graceland (privately owned) is not traded on the stock exchange...
Once he gets his new job, Smith is apt to launch the new round of layoffs immediately, since he will be under as much pressure as Stempel to let the ax fall. Board members picked up tough ideas about what needs to be done in talks last month with General Electric chairman Jack Welch, who earned the nickname "Neutron Jack" by slashing GE's work force in the 1980s. Welch reportedly huddled with Smale and several other directors during a two-day forum of CEOs in Hot Springs, Virginia...